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“Urodynamics is the study of lower urinary tract function and how this relates to a patient’s urinary symptoms. The aim is to reproduce the patient’s lower urinary tract symptoms to provide a pathophysiological explanation and to guide treatment.”¹

Urodynamics evaluations are:

Uncomfortable

Urodynamics evaluation typically require a catheter in the bladder and another catheter in the rectum.  The bladder is drained and artificially filled before the patient is asked to void.

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Inaccurate

Catheter use and artificial filling of the bladder may confound results.  Conventional methods of urodynamics evaluation fail to replicate symptoms in up to 46% of patients.²

Inefficient

Equipment is expensive and costly to maintain.  Because the equipment takes up so much space, evaluations are performed in a procedure room.

Bright Uro is developing the most comfortable, accurate, and efficient tools to aid in diagnosis of lower urinary tract conditions.

Our goal is to make:

– Patients more comfortable

– Clinicians more confident

– Practices more efficient

1 – Mc Kertich K. Urodynamics. Aust Fam Physician. 2011 Jun;40(6):389-91. PMID: 21655484.

2 – Abelson B, Majerus S, Sun D, Gill BC, Versi E, Damaser MS. Ambulatory urodynamic monitoring: state of the art and future directions. Nat Rev Urol. 2019 May;16(5):291-301. doi: 10.1038/s41585-019-0175-5. PMID: 30936468; PMCID: PMC6946055.